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Shopping in Jaipur
The builders of Jaipur took special
care to provide ample space and facilities for the production and
marketing of hadicarfts which made the place famous throughout
India and abroad. An entire street and several city sectors were
earmarked for artisans and traders. The mainmarkets are along
Jauhari Bazar, Bapu Bazar, Nehru Bazar, Chaura Rasta, Tripolia
Bazar and M.I. Raod. Shops specialising in precious and semi
precious stones, ornaments and jewellery are to be found on and
along Jauhari Bazar.
Jaipur enjoys a high reputation for the manufacture of jewellery.
It is one of the most active jewel markets of the world and is
famous for precious and semi-precious stones and also for the
cutting, polishing and setting of these stone, particularly that
of diamonds, topaz and emeralds. Jaipur brass work is of
immaculate quality. The Jaipur brass worker is successful in
infusing life like charm into the dull metal. Two kinds of work is
done in Jaipur on brass viz. Lacquered brass carved brass.
Jaipur enamel or Minakari, mostly done on gold and silver has
always been a class of its own. The Jaipur artist is renowned not
nonly for the purity of the colours, but also for its evenness.
Jaipur is also famous for its textiles. Sanganeri and Bagru block
prints are the fashion designer's craze these days. The Bandhej
(tie and dye)print is very typical of the region. Near the Hawa
Mahal are large number of shops dealing in antiques and
pseudo-antiques.
Some shops opposite Hawa Mahal stock the famous Jaipuri quilts,
weighing from a few hundred grams to a kilogram. The stone and
marble carving industry is also famous art of Jaipur. The stone
used is either procured from within Jaipur or from the marble
mines of makrana, the famous quarry that provided all the marble
stone for one of the wonders of the world at Agra, the Taj Mahal.
The carvings, portraits and busts created in Jaipur are held in
high esteem everywhere.
Shopping Arcade
Jauhari Bazar :
 This
is where you can buy jewellery and tie and dye sarees. Two lanes
joining the mainroad Gopalji ka Rasta and Haldion ka Rasta house
numerous establishment selling jewellery. On the main road itself
you find many silversmiths. Traditional tie and dye fabrics and
textiles are also available here.
Bapu Bazar and Nehur Bazar :
Here you can purchase textiles, local perfumes and shoes made of
camel skin. Mirza Ismial road
(M.I. Road) :
The broad thoroughfare houses a lrage number of emporia selling a
variety of goods ranging fromjewellery and brass work to textiles,
to blue pottery, to woodwork, etc. These shops stock a large
variety of goods to satisfy the tourists' needs.
Tripolia Bazar and Chaura Rasta :
You can shop here for textiles, untensils, ironware and trinkets.
If you want to see the artisans at work, step into the side lanes
and see for yourself.
Shop at :
Ramganj Bazar for shoes or jutis as they are called. Kishanpol
Bazar for tie and dye textiles,
Maniharon Ka Rasta (Tripolia Bazar ) for lac bangles and other
items,
Achrol House, Subhash Chowk for carpets,
Khajanewalon Ka Rasta for marble carving, and
Saganer village for block printing, hand-made paper and blue
pottery.
Recommended shops :
Govt. Emporia : Handloom House, Rituraj Building, M.I. Road. Khadi
Ghar , M.I. Road
Rajasthan Handloom Project Board, Chomu House and at
M.I. Road. Rajasthanli, Rajasthan Government Handicraft Emporium,
Ajmeri Gate, M.I. Road
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